Undergarment



March 18, 1930.

-v H. v. OLDHAM UNDERGARMENT Filed July 21, 1927 3mm/klup I HV 010m am fr* narran stares ffUNDnnGAn-ivinnrl fi 1l 7: 'Application nea :muy 2i, 1927..` serial-TNQ;207,473.; 1

Thisinvention relates to underwearand,drafts"ofE airand 'changesinftemperature'i more particularly to that designed for coverfi'om affecting,xthe'fspinalcolumn, ywhile lat Y' ing the upper part of the body, whetherin i'theffsainetimepreventing@pressure tor impact f the form of an k undershirt, or ,a combined upon'thespinalcolumn from producing :any

` 5 shirt and drawers, ksuch as avunion suit; I ill'e'lfects. As:indicatedlmosticl'early'siniFig- 55 The invention provides a nether garment ure l'fofvthe'fidrawings the padiorreinforce-ev having a pad for covering andp'rotecting the ment is'longV and narrow and disposed toveXf-'f spinal column from draftsof air and sudden tend'.4 over the regions 'ofthe spinal '1c'olumn, 1I

v changes in temperature, sadrpad forming 'a--and thispad formsfpa'rt of thegarment anii's` l. .0 part of the garment and extending'from the;V lsti-tchedfthe'r'eto,iso vas toleXtend:froinfthetip ec g I tip to the root vof the spinal'cordandl of a r toflthe root ofthe spinalcolumnqI,` he nu-i` thickness to afford ample protection against nie'i'rfafll:designates'the V-loackfporti'o fthe v climate conditions and prevent shock and un-A garment ywhich ymay be offany-'usualimaterial l "1' due pressure upon the ,spinalv process and ver- `depericliifig-gvuponthefsea'sonolftheyear:f "The" 5 tebra incident to impact with a non-yielding.` pad orf-freinforcementpreferably 'comprisesia @5f object. Y y Y .1 v plurality ofstrips 2`and`3whi`ch are:'approx-k f' f While the drawing illustrates a preferred 'iin'atelyoftl'ie'same length-but which varylinf* Y i f embodiment' ofthe invention, it is ,to'bejun-U widtlr; 1 These'strips'areistitch d' f derstood that inadapting the vmeans to meet v otherr andto thei'back-portion h'eg'arment', 'f"-'"\ specific needs and requirements the' design thestitching -cc')'incidinglwith the-inarginal-f-70`Q- may be varied Vand such other changes in the edges offthelrespecti-ve5-strip landwithfa m'eminor details of constructionmaybe resorted dial longitudinal :line:v l Y v Y Y to within the scopel of the invention as rlkheseveral lines.ofstitchingpass-throughy f claimed, without departlng from the sp1r1t the; strips fand the VYmaterijall"-(-omp'ri ngxthe' thereof.' f garment',fasandicatedniostclearly in iguresii;

For a full understanding of the invention 2 and Bio-ff thef-drav'virigs;v f body ,orfitlfez y and the merits thereof, referenceV is to be' garmentginaybeoffany"weig t eter'minate had to the following description and the `materialiandthef'parts niay-=-cens`ist`of wool i drawing hereto attached, in which,- por other materialV as found most Vadvanta- Y, 3. Figure l is a front view of anether gar-V geous.` The thickness yofthepartsnfiay be de 86.5

ment ofthe type'k combiningk a shirt and termined by the number ofstrips or the nadrawers embodying the invention, parts be- Qture ofthe materialemployed. `The central ing broken away, and thefront open to eX- longitudinal portion ofthe pad is thick-fand pose the reinforced a'ndfpaddedback.v r'decreases in thickness from a` medial longi- .Y l 35 Figure 2 is'an'enlarged sectionalview on tudinal line towardsV opposite vIlongitudii'ial 'Ses p the line 2,-2 of Figure l. i l i l .iedgesg 4In this manner the central portion'of FigureA 3 is an enlarged detail sectional. the pad in direct line with the spinal column view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1. affords 'amaximu'mjprotection against drafts i Corresponding and like parts arefreferred vof air, impact and pressure.r The pad extends "m to in the following description and desigfromtheneck opening to apoint adjacent-the GQ nated in the severalviewsof the drawings by n waist'linaso as `to cover the spinal column; like reference characters. f Y -Manyailments are attributable to exposure While the invention is shownA applied toa Vof thejspinal columnv so` as to be affected by union suit,cit is to be understood that it may drafts yof' air, changesl in `temperature and by f be applied to an undershirt, whether comimpact 'or pressure offan object thereagainst. bined with the drawers or, separate and in# The provision and location of the padv in the dependent thereof. v Thefinvention residesin manner specified protectithej spinal column reinforcing and padding the back, so as to and prevent'lumbago, rheumatismand other V cover and protect the spinal cordv andl parts 1 ailments attributable to exposure of that porg associatedy therewith, Ithereby preventing tion of thehumanV anatomy ad]acent the spinal column which is the nerve center and susceptible to air drafts, and shock incident to impact and pressure.

Y When the neck opening of the undershirt,

or like nether garment ishigh, a reinforce- `ment 4 is provided at the top of the back pad and is inset therein, thereby reinforcing the garmentvand providing an auxiliary pad for the back of the neck opposite the tip of the'V lo spinal cord.

. The salient feature is the protection of the spinal column and since the present inven-` tion accomplishes this obj ect very efectually,

Y the undergarment may belighter in Weight.

than would otherwise beV Worn, thus permitting, Without jeopardizing the health, the use of a very lightgarment in the spring and fall andanot heavy garment in Winter, except perhaps in very.` severe climates, in Which y 2Q circumstance the usual heavy garments augmented, as in the present invention, may be Worn.-A Y I v v Having thus describedV the invention, I

claim;

Y :In ycombination,with an undergarmennfa n y f protective pad'for the spine applied to the'V Y inner face oftheback of the garment intermediate the Width thereof and extending longitudinally.thereoffto cover the spinal col- V.-530 umng-said pad comprising a stripof fabric v disposed fiiat against thegarment longitudinally thereof, aV second strip fitting fiat W Y ,againstjtherst strip'and of appreciably less lengthand Widththan the first strip and to- Y *i735 gether With the iirst strip forming a pad having a thick medial .longitudinal portion and if decreasing in thickness towards its ends and side edges, vand a sheet extending from the upper Vedge'ofthe-back of the garment and 40 having its'loWer edge contacting With the" upper edge of the second-mentiond strip;

' l In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

HENRY v.` OLDHAM. [La] 

